CVE-2025-22249 | VMSA-2025-0008: VMware Aria automation updates address a DOM based Cross-site scripting vulnerability (CVE-2025-22249)

VMware Aria automation contains a DOM based Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. A malicious actor may exploit this issue to steal the access token of a logged in user of VMware Aria automation appliance by tricking the user into clicking a malicious crafted payload URL.

Published: 2025-05-13 Last update: 2025-07-11 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-22249 is rated Moderate Risk (47.2/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.19%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-22249

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-09 0.05% 0.19% +0.14%
2 2026-02-27 0.03% 0.05% +0.02%
3 2025-11-21 — 0.03% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-22249

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.2 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 4.7 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-22249

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-22249

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
vmware aria_automation 8.18.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:aria_automation:8.18.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware aria_automation 8.18.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:aria_automation:8.18.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware aria_automation 8.18.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:aria_automation:8.18.1:patch1:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware cloud_foundation >= 4.0, <= 5.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware telco_cloud_platform >= 5.0, <= 5.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:telco_cloud_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-22249

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